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Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap

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AL <noemail@none.com> Wrote in message:
> Aardvarks wrote:
> 
>> I only read and contribute to about three or four groups.
>> How many do you contribute to?
> 
> Recently? Maybe 6. I've been frequenting Usenet since the 
> 80s so lots more over the years. Unfortunately most of my 
> favorite groups have died.
> 
Some of mine are still there but have been either taken over by
 trolls or the political bunch.

>> More than that and you don't have time in a day to do it well.
> 
> Lots of time when you're retired. Doing it well is another 
> matter.
>
Amen!!  Being retired opens up more time
 
>> My main goal was to skim a newsgroup for new messages so that I didn't have
>> to go to the computer to figure out what my phone could tell me in a single
>> tap.
> 
> I've never tried to post on my phone when I'm out. Too much 
> of a hassle. Like many others I wait until I get home to a 
> real keyboard. But I often read my groups on my phone when 
> killing time. Google Groups makes it very easy with their 
> 'Favorites'. Once in Groups and one tap and I'm there. Damn, 
> now I'm doing the tap dance thing...
>
I don't even look at usenet on the phone, don't want to have to
 break out the reading glasses!  I usually am on either the iPad
 Pro or the Pixel Chromebook, with some little time on a Nexus 9
 tablet.
 
>> The main advantage is that the shortcuts are a single tap per newsgroup.
>> 1. Tap - and you're reading comp.mobile.android
>> 2. Tap - and you're reading comp.mobile.ipad
>> 3. Tap - and you're reading misc.phone.mobile.iphone
>> etc.
> 
> Wouldn't that be 2 taps? One to leave the current group for 
> the shortcut screen and another on the shortcut to get to 
> the next group.
> 
>> The goal is to never need to *type* anything. Just one tap.
> 
> What if the goal is to avoid a cluttered screen? What if the 
> goal is simplicity? YMMV.
>
Then he'd put all those links in a folder and add a tap to each!!  :)

-- 
Elfin

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Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 13:18 +0000
  Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-08-16 09:18 -0700
    Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap ElfinArc6 <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 13:10 -0500
      Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 18:15 +0000
        Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap ElfinArc6 <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 13:41 -0500
          Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 20:34 +0000
            Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 20:59 +0000
              Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-08-16 15:10 -0700
                Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 22:20 +0000
        Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 20:34 +0000
          Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 21:02 +0000
            Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 21:19 +0000
      Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 20:34 +0000
    Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 20:00 +0000
      Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 20:30 +0000
        Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 22:04 +0000
          Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap ElfinArc6 <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 17:08 -0500
            Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 22:20 +0000
              Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 22:29 +0000
          Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 22:18 +0000
      Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-08-16 15:01 -0700
        Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap ElfinArc6 <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 17:06 -0500
          Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-08-16 22:20 +0000
          Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-08-16 15:21 -0700
            Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap ElfinArc6 <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-08-16 17:34 -0500
        Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 22:20 +0000
  Re: Hint for another way to read Usenet newsgroups in a single tap Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-16 20:00 +0000

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